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Arnold Arboretum - Current Plant Highlights - December
... bark peels back to expose a beautiful inner layer ranging in color from gray to reddish-brown. As the tree ages, however, this characteristic is lost, and the bark ... branches and trunk age, the bark peels to reveal an exquisite collage of white, green, gray, and brown. The tree ... have wonderfully smooth, light-gray bark that sparkles in the winter light. Some people describe the bark on older trunks of ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Current Plant Highlights - June
... season. Also, the older stems of both species develop flaking, peeling bark that is of interest year-round. Examples of these two shrubs ... , is a wonderful shade tree for smaller spaces. Though its smooth, gray bark may resemble that of the beeches, this tree is much more ... on the previous season's wood). Of further interest is the bark, which begins to flake at a relatively young age. The plant ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Centenarians - Featured Centenarians
... deeply lobed leaves turn a clear yellow. With age, the bark takes on a silver-gray hue and becomes shaggy. The silver maple can ... var. amurense AMUR CORKTREE Accessioned 1882 This stately tree's thick bark is fissured and springy to the touch. The Asiatic corktrees ... JAPANESE TREE LILAC Accessioned 1876 The Japanese tree lilac has cherrylike bark and grows 25 to 30 feet in height. It extends ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Self-guided conifer tour
... Pine) Pinus densiflora ‘Umbraculifera’ The Japanese red pine has beautiful bark that peels in thin strips to reveal stunning oranges and ... orange-red bark, often seen on the upper trunk and branches. The needles of the Scotch pine are gray to blue-green ... protection from high winds. Japanese cryptomeria’s lovely, reddish-brown bark exfoliates in long strips. The awl-shaped needles are spirally ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Adult Education Courses October
... ; Blue: French ultramarine, Winsor blue; Green: oxide of chromium, terre verte; Violet: Winsor violet; Gray: neutral tint; Brown: sepia Water container Palette, such as a white china plate or ... 00pm [NEWFS] Old cemeteries can be rich in lichen diversity, containing park-like trees with bark-colonizing lichens, manicured lawns with soil lichens, and headstones of various rock compositions supporting ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Current Plant Highlights - April
... The leaves can become purplish in the autumn. With maturity, the bark becomes flaky and attractive, but the tree remains relatively small, ... habit is more open and the bark more colorful, with hints of brown and orange among the gray patches. This species usually flowers ... which bloom prior to leaf emergence, are single and pink. The bark is shiny and reddish-brown and is especially attractive on ...
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